The Phantom Pattern Problem: The Mirage of Big Data

by Jay Cordes and Gary Smith

Pattern-recognition prowess served our ancestors well, but today we are confronted by a deluge of data that is far more abstract, complicated, and difficult to interpret. The number of possible patterns that can be identified relative to the number that are genuinely useful has grown exponentially - which means that the chances that a discovered pattern is useful is rapidly approaching zero.

Patterns in data are often used as evidence, but...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198864167
• ISBN13: 9780198864165
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.1" x 7.8"